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A review by winnimartha
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
4.0
A small, funny novel about Jim Dixon, a hapless and altogether mediocre man who stumbles from one social misstep to the next, all while trying to impress dotty old Professor Welch and keep a job he doesn't particularly like.
Jim's inability to manage anything properly contrasts humorously with the other characters and culminates in
While Jim's journey to freedom from the pompous Welches is by no means smooth or even intentional, the novel's conclusion is very satisfying to anyone who's ever dreamed about shaking off social graces and obligations to hated bureaucracies.
Jim's inability to manage anything properly contrasts humorously with the other characters and culminates in
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a disastrous public lecture where, with the help of alcohol, he spontaneously displays his contempt for his colleagues for all to see.While Jim's journey to freedom from the pompous Welches is by no means smooth or even intentional, the novel's conclusion is very satisfying to anyone who's ever dreamed about shaking off social graces and obligations to hated bureaucracies.